Re: [tdf-discuss] [Legalese] "Foundation" or "Group"?

Hi Gianluca,
Gianluca Turconi wrote:
> Hello *,
>
> I'm a supporter and contributor of the OpenOffice.org Project since the 
> very beginning (Yeah, I was there in 2000 :-)

Happy to see you here :)
> I'm trying to have a full picture about what is happening.
>
> Is "The Document Foundation" a *real* Foundation, incorporated and 
> registered in a specific country and governed by a specific law or is it 
> still a international "group of people/different legal entities" without 
> any legal unity?
>
> If the former is true, is there a Chart of the Foundation that explains 
> duties/rights/organization/statutory purposes and so on?
>
> If it isn't true, is the present group preparing such Chart and will it 
> file documents for registration in any country?

Currently it's a group and the Foundation is not up yet, we will set it 
up with the community members who wish to contribute to it. We are 
planing to write a charter,  organization, governance, duties, etc... 
not only the small group who has launched the project, but all of the 
people who are willing to be part of the Foundation.
> I've seen much confusion about money contributions and the relationship 
> between this "Foundation" and the German OpenOffice.org Deutschland e.V 
> entity that, AFAIK, is a different legal entity.

For the moment, the German association is helping us to structure the 
whole thing and have a legal backup, but we still have a lot of work to 
move to an official foundation.
> Sincerely, I really miss a big chunk of info about what *exactly* 
> is/will be "The Document Foundation".
>
> Any clarification will be highly appreciated.

I hope it's more clear now :)
Kind regards
Sophie
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